Ghost Stories and Gummies

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Welcome to Ghost Stories and Gummies, where the gummies are strong, and the ghost stories are stronger. We’re your hosts Savanna and Hayley, two best friends with a love for the weird, the unexplainable, and anything that goes bump in the night. Each week, we’ll be diving into chilling encounters, haunted places, and the strange stories that keep you up at night all while maybe laughing a little too much and definitely eating too many gummies. Whether you’re a full-blown believer or just here for the vibes, we’re glad you found us. Now dim the lights, grab your snacks, and let’s get haunted. This… is Ghost Stories and Gummies.

  1. Aug 5

    Episode 37: Death Row Last Meals & Last Statements

    What would your final meal be? It's one of those questions people joke about... until you realize there are real people who have actually had to answer it. This week we're diving into the strange, unsettling, and surprisingly emotional world of death row's last meals and final statements. We talk about where the tradition came from, the bizarre requests that actually made it onto the tray, the requests that were denied, and the final words that have haunted people long after the execution was over. Some inmates joked. Some prayed. Some apologized. Others showed absolutely no remorse. And a few left behind statements that still spark debates decades later. We'll also get into the psychology behind the ritual, why some states stopped honoring extravagant last meal requests, and the weird little facts that most people never hear about when it comes to executions. So grab your gummies, get comfy, and let's get weird   https://www.tdcj.texas.gov/death_row/dr_executed_offenders.html    https://corrections.az.gov/death-row/last-meals-request    https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-15040658    https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/gregory-babcock/the-craziest-last-meal-requests    https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/death-row-inmates-last-meals-what-to-know-about-the-history-behind-our-strange-fascination-of-these-requests    https://www.texastribune.org/2011/09/22/whitmire-tdcj-end-last-meal-feast-executions/    https://www.corrections1.com/capital-punishment/articles/the-last-meal-part-of-death-row-lore-Vr5jjUV89TBjzJ7Z/    https://www.yahoo.com/news/death-penalty-us-oklahomas-last-100420345.html    https://www.foxnews.com/us/missouri-inmate-executed-killing-2-jailers-has-last-meal-bacon-cheeseburgers-fries-chocolate-shake    https://www.prisonlegalnews.org/news/2012/oct/15/texas-abolishes-last-meals-for-death-row-prisoners-reduces-weekend-meals/    https://www.executedtoday.com/2008/01/17/1977-gary-gilmore/    https://www.corrections1.com/capital-punishment/articles/the-last-meal-part-of-death-row-lore-Vr5jjUV89TBjzJ7Z/    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayEKEWoBg8w    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BT9X6qAPjI    https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/aba-connects-death-row-inmate-to-pro-bono-attorneys-who-help-free-him    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/bite-marks-jimmie-chris-duncan-death-row-louisiana-video-free-rcna588710    https://innocenceproject.org/news/jimmie-chris-duncan-is-released-after-27-years-on-louisianas-death-row/    https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/louisiana-supreme-court-affirms-lower-courts-vacatur-and-factual-innocence-finding-for-former-death-sentenced-man-jimmie-duncan  https://nypost.com/2026/07/02/us-news/inside-idahos-new-1-2m-execution-chamber-where-8-inmates-await-death-by-firing-squad/    CNN — Florida executions: State plans to put 2 men to death in one day   CBS News — Florida carries out first double execution in 60 years   Washington Times — Florida ramps up executions of longest-serving death-row prisoners   USA Today — Women on death row: Christa Pike, Tennessee   U.S. News — Is there such a thing as being too old to execute?   URP Behavioral Health — Is attraction to crime a mental disorder?     Innocence Project — Cameron Todd Willingham   EJI — Texas Executed Innocent Man (Willingham)   Marshall Project — Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man?   Guardian — The Wrong Carlos (DeLuna)   Columbia Law — DeLuna investigation   CBS News — Claude Jones DNA doubt   DPIC — Claude Jones DNA tests   Innocence Project — Troy Davis executed   NYT — Troy Davis executed   AP via Britannica — First nitrogen execution (Kenneth Smith, 2024)   NCR — Supreme Court stops Jeffery Lee nitrogen execution (2026)   Alabama Political Reporter — State seeks lethal injection for Lee   NitrogenExecutions.org — full record   Guardian — Romell Broom dies   DPIC — Romell Broom dies of COVID-19 Prison Legal News — Alabama botched lethal injections   NPR — A Prisoner Sentenced to Two Deaths (Willie Francis)   Justia — Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber (1947)   Executed Today — Wenseslao Moguel, "El Fusilado," survives the firing squad   SCOTUSblog — Hamm v. Smith   DPIC — Tony Carruthers review   https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/26/us/condemned-man-s-mask-bursts-into-flame-during-exec ution.html    TDCJ — Executed Offenders + Last Statements   Britannica — How Did Aileen Wuornos Die   https://www.aetv.com/articles/rickey-ray-rector-killer-who-lobotomized-himself    A&E — Timothy McVeigh's Final Days   UPI — Bundy refused final breakfast (1989)   LADbible — Victor Feguer single olive   Grunge — Why Victor Feguer requested a single olive   NYT — Texas Death Row Kitchen Cooks Its Last 'Last Meal'   Sky News — Death Row: Texas Scraps Last Meal Requests   NPR — Texas Turns Down Cook's Offer Of Free 'Last Meals'

  2. Jun 11

    Episode 36: The Real Life Jeepers Creepers

    This week, we’re covering the 1990 murder of Marilynn DePue, the manhunt for Dennis DePue, and the eerie real-life case often linked to the opening of Jeepers Creepers. From Coldwater, Michigan to an abandoned schoolhouse, a bloody sheet, an Unsolved Mysteries broadcast, a fake identity in Texas, and a final police chase in Mississippi, this case is one of those stories where the truth is already disturbing enough without needing the movie version. Content warning: domestic violence, murder, gun violence, suicide, and children present during a violent incident. https://www.clickondetroit.com/features/2023/10/16/did-1990-michigan-murder-inspire-jeepers-creepers-film/    https://www.truecrimeedition.com/post/dennis-depue#google_vignette    https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1991/03/22/man-wanted-for-murder-dies-in-police-shootout/    https://www.10minutemurder.com/blog/from-unsolved-mysteries-to-hollywood-the-jeepers-creepers-murder-case/    https://www.cbr.com/jeepers-creepers-true-story/    https://ihorror.com/the-real-life-killer-that-inspired-jeepers-creepers/    https://wickedhorror.com/features/dennis-depue-the-real-life-killer-that-inspired-jeepers-creepers/    https://newspaperarchive.com/kalispell-daily-inter-lake-mar-21-1991-p-7https://www.newspapers.com/image/207001852/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/366386852/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/207017891/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/207063440/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/206446741/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/204120605/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/204930243/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/204935404/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/182054936/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/100223190/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/635576740/    https://www.newspapers.com/image/642557316/    https://newspaperarchive.com/mount-carmel-daily-republican-register-mar-22-1991-p-6/    https://newspaperarchive.com/grapevine-sun-mar-24-1991-p-1/  /   https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5TAY8_unsolved-mysteriesdennis-depue-jeepers-creepers    https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1115481/    https://99wfmk.com/jeepers-creepers-revisited/    https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Dennis_DePue    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/119870618/marilynn-lee-depue    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117374567/dennis_henry-depue    https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Depue-97    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUhEVrevy0o    https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/yz1z4v/dennis_depue_the_real_jeepers_creepers/    https://www.reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/yz1z4v/dennis_depue_the_real_jeepers_creepers/    https://www.reddit.com/r/horror/comments/4p9bfj/jeepers_creepers_inspired_by_a_true_story/    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1924047/    https://www.peacocktv.com/watch-online/tv/unsolved-mysteries-with-dennis-farina/6220811651348767112/seasons/2/episodes/episode-3-episode-3/1b3082fb-9e28-3ae4-97a1-9896d4a7cd2e

  3. May 22

    EPISODE 35: The Creepiest Craigslist & Facebook Marketplace Encounters

    Late-night Marketplace scrolling was a mistake. This week on Ghost Stories & Gummies, I’m diving into some of the creepiest, weirdest, and most uncomfortable real encounters tied to Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace. From terrifying meetups and bizarre sellers to “absolutely the f**k not” situations that sound like the beginning of a horror movie… So grab your gummies, lock your doors, and maybe stop responding to listings that say “pickup behind abandoned warehouse.” 🖤 Submit Your Stories to Dear Darkness Have a paranormal experience, glitch story, creepy encounter, stalker situation, mimic story, haunted object experience, or complete WTF moment? Send it to Dear Darkness: Email ghoststoriesandgummies@gmail.com DM me on Instagram/TikTok or submit anonymously through the form in my bio/link hub Your story could be featured in a future episode. 🎧 Listen to Ghost Stories & Gummies Available on: Spotify Apple Podcasts Amazon Music Podbean

  4. May 8

    Episode 34: The Doomsday Cat Cult

    This week on Ghost Stories and Gummies, we’re getting into one of the wildest cult stories I’ve covered yet: the so‑called Doomsday Cat Cult. We’ll talk about pastor Sheryl Ruthven, her cat rescue Eva’s Eden, and how, according to former members and reporting, a small Washington church turned into a high‑control doomsday group where cats were believed to be divine beings carrying 144,000 souls through the apocalypse.  From blood‑tinged rituals and “Divine Magdalene” claims to a cross‑country “Exodus,” family estrangements, and the Investigation Discovery episode that blew the story up, this one is part true crime, part “what the hell did I just hear.”  Content warning: cult dynamics, spiritual and psychological abuse, possible animal neglect, and mentions of violence https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/coverstory/apocalypse-meow-how-a-cult-that-believes-cats-are-divine-beings-ended-up-in-tennessee/article_78fc2367-5596-5a7a-ad8e-edae8c83a594.html    https://www.cultnews101.com/2016/09/apocalypse-meow-how-cult-that-believes.html    https://www.realclearreligion.org/2016/09/09/apocalypse_meow_a_cat_cult_in_tennessee_273944.html    https://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2016/9/8/why-bob-smietanas-apocalypse-meow-story-on-an-end-times-cat-cult-really-is-the-cats-meow    https://catsofcapetown.com/2025/03/04/the-curious-case-of-the-doomsday-cat-cult-a-shocking-saga-of-family-faith-and-felines/    https://whatcom-news.com/evas-eden-cat-rescue-makes-news-in-tennessee_50126/    https://www.facebook.com/IsThereACultInColumbiaTN/    https://www.sportskeeda.com/us/shows/who-sheryl-ruthven-do-details-the-curious-case-of-subject-explored

  5. Apr 28

    Episode 33: Why Do Some Places Feel So Off… For No Reason

    Some hauntings don’t react to you. They don’t acknowledge you, they don’t change, and they don’t seem aware that you’re even there. They just… keep happening. Same place. Same movement. Same sequence over and over again. In this episode, we’re breaking down the Stone Tape Theory the idea that environments themselves can somehow “record” emotional or traumatic events and replay them later as what people describe as residual hauntings. We get into where this theory comes from, why materials like quartz are always brought into the conversation, and the scientific reasons it doesn’t actually hold up. But even with that, people are still reporting the same kinds of experiences in the same types of places. So if it’s not a ghost… what are people actually experiencing? Because some places don’t feel neutral and that’s the part that sticks. Have you experienced something like this?  Send it in:  ghoststoriesandgummies@gmail.com

  6. Apr 1

    Episode 32 Dear Darkness Society: I Shouldn’t Have Gone Back on Reddit

    We’re back with Dear Darkness Society Part 2. After going down a Reddit rabbit hole during Episode 30, I found way more stories than I was expecting… and there was no way I was leaving some of these out. So this episode is a continuation, more real experiences, more “that’s not right” moments, and more stories from people who were kind enough to share what they’ve gone through and let me bring it here. Some of these are unsettling. Some are just straight-up weird. And some will have you sitting there like… that's a no for me dawg. A huge thank you to everyone who shared their stories and trusted me with them, I really do appreciate it. If you’ve ever experienced something you can’t explain, something that didn’t sit right, or something you still think about… you’re not alone. The diary is always open. 🖤

  7. Mar 25

    Episode 31: Creepy Broadcasts Interruptions

    There’s a specific kind of unsettling that happens when your TV does something it’s not supposed to do. Not buffering. Not lagging. Just… wrong. In this episode, I'm getting into real cases where broadcasts were interrupted, hijacked, or taken over sometimes for seconds, sometimes longer and left people genuinely confused about what they were seeing. From the 1987 Max Headroom incident, to the Southern Television interruption in the UK, to real emergency alert hacks that exposed how vulnerable these systems actually are… this one gets weird fast. We’re talking: how broadcast signal intrusions actually happen why these systems aren’t as untouchable as we think real cases that were never fully explained and why your brain reacts so quickly when something feels “off” Some of these are strange. Some are unsettling. Some are just… no. I don’t like that. Because it’s not just what people saw it’s the fact that something was able to interrupt a system that’s supposed to be controlled… and no one could stop it.   https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/public-and-broadcasting https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/patternicity-finding-meaningful-patterns/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast_signal_intrusion https://rewindtv.com/2021/11/22/wgn-max-headroom-signal-intrusion/  https://www.pbs.org/video/max-headroom-attack-yffnrt/  https://www.pbs.org/video/30-years-later-max-headroom-incident-remains-mystery-ugz9gm/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIop2MsmMTQ&t=7s  https://www.discoveryuk.com/mysteries/vrillon-the-broadcast-that-hijacked-britains-imagination/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmXsvyOpPJk  https://transdiffusion.org/2023/08/21/southern-interference/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Television_broadcast_interruption  https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/vrillon-hacking-alien-voice-seventies-extra-terrestrial-hoax-unexplained-mysteries-a8069926.html  https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/katv-broadcast-interruption-of-1959  https://www.tarrdaniel.com/documents/Ufology/intergalactic_message.html  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Midnight_broadcast_signal_intrusion  https://www.mentalfloss.com/entertainment/tv/when-captain-midnight-hacked-hbo  https://freakylogo.fandom.com/wiki/HBO_Captain_Midnight  https://ultimateclassicrock.com/captain-midnight-hbo/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtdwD0qqApQ  https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/29/arts/hbo-piracy-incident-stuns-other-satellite-users.html  https://www.networkworld.com/article/950900/man-who-hijacked-hbo-s-satellite-signal-30-years-ago-would-face-far-different-fate-today.html  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEkWNCK6Hu4  https://www.keranews.org/2013-02-12/zombie-alert-also-aired-in-michigan-hacking-traced-to-overseas-source  https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/feb/12/zombie-apocalypse-newsflash-tv-video  https://www.govtech.com/security/hackers-broadcast-zombie-emergency-alert-on-tv.html  https://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-15/zombie-apocalypse-hoax-exposes-flaws-in-system/4520554  https://current.org/2013/02/zombie-emergency-broadcast-hoax-on-pubtv-station-blamed-on-overseas-hacker  https://www.ksl.com/article/24061333/hackers-send-zombie-emergency-alert-through-ksl-station-others  https://player.bfi.org.uk/subscription/film/watch-ghostwatch-behind-the-curtains-2012-online  https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-41740176 https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/oct/26/how-we-made-bbc-mockumentary-ghostwatch  https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/why-i-love-ghostwatch  https://www.curiousarchive.com/ghostwatch-bbc-controversial-broadcast/  https://bfidatadigipres.github.io/in%20dreams%20are%20monsters/2022/10/28/ghostwatch/ https://npg.si.edu/blog/orson-welles-and-70th-anniversary-war-worlds  https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/welles-broadcasts-war-worlds  https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2016/10/lcm-page-from-the-past-war-of-the-worlds/  https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/october-30/welles-scares-nation  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/infamous-war-worlds-radio-broadcast-was-magnificent-fluke-180955180/  https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/misguided/202506/why-people-believe-conspiracy-theories  https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-savvy-psychologist/202007/why-we-believe-in-conspiracy-theories  https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/how-to-apply  https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF13130  https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachand ments/DA-99-1099A2.pdf  https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/public_and_broadcasting_0.pdf

  8. Mar 25

    Episode 30: Dear Darkness Society

    In this Dear Darkness Society episode, I made the mistake of going on Reddit to see if anyone has experienced the same kind of creepy, unexplainable moments we talk about on here... and yeah, some of you are going THROUGH it.   I'm sharing real stories from people who were kind enough (and brave enough) to let me bring their experiences here. Some are unsettling, so are straight up weird and sine will have you sitting there like... that a no for me dawg.   Huge thank you to everyone who shared their stories and trusted me with them, I genuinely appreciate it.   If you've ever had a moment that didn't make sense, didn't sit right or still sticks with you... you're in the right place.   The diary is always open

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Welcome to Ghost Stories and Gummies, where the gummies are strong, and the ghost stories are stronger. We’re your hosts Savanna and Hayley, two best friends with a love for the weird, the unexplainable, and anything that goes bump in the night. Each week, we’ll be diving into chilling encounters, haunted places, and the strange stories that keep you up at night all while maybe laughing a little too much and definitely eating too many gummies. Whether you’re a full-blown believer or just here for the vibes, we’re glad you found us. Now dim the lights, grab your snacks, and let’s get haunted. This… is Ghost Stories and Gummies.

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